Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Brownlee Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brownlee Estates and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Brownlee Estates

• Astronomy & Satellites ...
  • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
  • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Brownlee Estates:
  • 32.577094, -93.717956
  • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
  • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Brownlee Estates

• Bird Watching ...
  • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
  • The eBird website is organized on a parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Bossier Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
  • Since Brownlee Estates is near Caddo Parish and also Webster Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster Parish

• Waymarking ...
  • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Brownlee Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brownlee Estates ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

• Cash Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cash Point is located in Caddo Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
• Cash Point Ferry
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cash Point Ferry is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point Ferry
• Cloverdale
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Cloverdale is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
• Dukedale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Dukedale is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukedale
• Good Roads
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Good Roads is located in Caddo Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Roads
• Green Acres
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Green Acres is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
• Greenacres Place
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Greenacres Place is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres Place
• Holly Ridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Holly Ridge is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
• Swan Lake
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Swan Lake is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake

How Far From Brownlee Estates to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brownlee Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Brownlee Estates and extending to:

• Benton, which is the Seat of Bossier Parish, lies just to the North.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Brownlee Estates to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,029 miles [1,656 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,877 miles [11,067.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,602 miles [12,234.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,478 miles [8,816 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'